Tissue-Specific RNA Expression Marks Distant-Acting Developmental Enhancers

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Han ^a   Nord, Alex S ^a   Akiyama, Jennifer A ^a   Shoukry, Malak ^a   Afzal, Veena ^a   Rubin, Edward M ^a,b   Pennacchio, Len A ^a,b   Visel, Axel ^a,b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOGENESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSACTIVATION ASSAY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84907437678     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004610     Document Type: Article

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